Photography

Ahlam Shibli

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Ahlam Shibli is a Palestinian photographer. Her work explores themes of home and belonging and documents the life of Arabs in villages unrecognized by Israel in the Negev and northern Galilee regions

First Name
Ahlam
Last Name
Shibli
Occupation
Photographer
Years Active
2003-present
Active in
Palestine

Ammar Younis

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Ammar Younis (b. 1969) is a Palestinian photographer from 'Ara.

First Name
Ammar
Last Name
Younis
Occupation
Photographer,
Years Active
2009-present
Active in
Ara

Anisa Ashkar

Anisa Ashkar, b. 1979, is an interdisciplinary artist engaged in issues relating to identity, social critique, and gender. Through painting, photography, performance and installation, she creates a fantastic, dream-like world, directly connected to changes in the socio-political atmosphere, that serve as an opportunity to initiate discussions about society and culture.

First Name
Anisa
Last Name
Ashkar
Occupation
Contemporary Artist
Years Active
2001-present
Active in
Acre
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Essa Ghrayeb

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Essa Grayeb (b. 1984) is a Palestinian visual artist working acroos different media including photography, video, installation and text. In his work he touches upon the notions of representation, absence and loss.

First Name
Essa
Last Name
Ghrayeb
Occupation
Visual Artist,
Years Active
2016-present
Active in
Jerusalem

Larissa Sansour

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Larissa Sansour (b. 1973) is an artist who works with film, photography and sculpture. Her works include Tank (2003), Bethlehem Bandolero (2005), Happy Days (2006), Cairo Taxilogue (2008), The Novel of Novel and Novel (2009), Falafel Road (2010), Palestinauts (2010), Nation State (2012), In the Future, They Ate From the Finest Porcelain (2016), and Archaeology in Absentia (2016).

First Name
Larissa
Last Name
Sansour
Occupation
Artist,
Years Active
2003-present
Active in
London

Laura Boushnak

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Laura Boushnak (b. 1976) is a Kuwaiti-born Palestinian photographer whose work is focused on women, literacy, and education reform in the Arab world. For her ongoing documentary project "I Read I Write" she photographed girls and women changing their lives with education in Egypt, Yemen, Kuwait, Jordan and Tunisia.

First Name
Laura
Last Name
Boushnak
Occupation
Photographer,
Years Active
1998-present
Active in
Sarajevo

Nadine Nashef

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First Name
Nadine
Last Name
Nashef
Occupation
Photographer
Years Active
2009-present
Active in
Haifa

Najib Albina

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Najib Anton Albina (2 January 1901 – 23 July 1983) was the master photographer of the Palestine Archaeological Museum and, in that position, took the first original sets of photographs of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Through his positions with the American Colony and Palestine Archaeological Museum, he used photography as a means of recording the history of Christian Palestinian culture as well as the discovery of past cultures in the region. He had a significant impact on the techniques of archeological photographers, especially those who took pictures of the Dead Sea Scrolls, through his contributions to the use of infrared photography.

First Name
Najib
Last Name
Albina
Occupation
Photographer
Years Active
1920-1983
Active in
Palestine

Nidaa Badwan

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Nidaa Badwan (b. 1987) is a UAE born, Gaza raised, artist who works with photography. She is a graduate of the Fine Arts School of Gaza's Al Aqsa University.
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First Name
Nidaa
Last Name
Badwan
Occupation
Artist
Years Active
2013-present
Active in
Italy

Osama Silwadi

Osman Silwadi is a Palestinian photojournalist, visual storyteller, archivist and folklorist.

First Name
Osama
Last Name
Silwadi
Occupation
Photographer, Photojournalist
Years Active
1991-present
Active in
Ramallah